Insect-destroyer.



PATENTED OCT. 3. 1905.

No. 80l,085. v

U. LLIUNGERICH & G. S. GROVE.

INSECT DBSTROYER.

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APPLICATION FILED NOV. 30, 1904,

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APPLICATION FILED NOV.30, 1904.

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UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFIGE.

CALVIN L. IUNGERICH AND CORNELIUS S. GROVE, OF HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

lNSECT-DESTROYER.

Specification of Letters Patent;

Patented Oct. 3, 1905.

Application filed November 30, 1904. Serial No. 234,917.

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Be it known that we, CALVIN L. IUNGERIOH and CORNELIUS S. Gaovncitizensof the United States, residing at Harrisburg, in the county of Dauphinand State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulInsect-Destroyer, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to apparatus for removing insects from livingplants and destroying the insects without injuring the plants, and hasfor its object to simplify and improve the construction and increase theefliciency of devices of this character.

lVith these and other objects in view, which will appear as the natureof the invention is better understood, the same consists in certainnovel features of construction, as hereinafter fully described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, andin which corresponding parts are denoted by like designating characters,is illustrated the preferred form of the embodiment of the inventioncapable of carrying the same into practical operation, it beingunderstood that the invention is not necessarily limited thereto, asvarious changes in the shape, proportions, and general assemblage of theparts may be resorted to Without departing from the principle of theinvention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

In the drawings thus employed, Figure 1 is a plan view of the improvedapparatus. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is atransverse section, enlarged. Fig.

'4 is a detail of one of the brush-operating devices.

The improved apparatus comprises a supporting-frame 10, mounted uponcarryingwheels 11 and provided with vertical standards 12 and transversemembers13. Mounted for vertical adjustment upon the standards 12, as byclips 14, is a casing 15 in arched form for straddling the plants whengrowing in rows and suspended from the transverse members by threadedrods 16 17, slidably passing through the transverse members and providedwith adjusting-nuts 18 19, bearing upon the By this means it is obviousthe casing may be adjusted vertically to correspond to the plants overwhich it is to be moved.

Connected to the lower inner side of the casing 15 are trays orreceptacles 2O 21 for containing insect-destroying material of anysuitable form and preferably converging toward the rear end of thecasing, as at 22, so that as the apparatus is drawn forward the plantswill be gathered and compressed between the receptacles and with theirtops extending above them in the best position for leaving insectsremoved therefrom. Suspended for lateral vibration from the under sideof the casing and centrally of the same are brushes 23 24, adapted whenvibrated to strike the plants from side to side and knock the insectstherefrom in the trays 21. Any required number of the brushes may beem-' ployed, but generally two will be sufl icient, as shown, and willbe supported in longitudinal alinement relative to the casing and frameand provided with means whereby the rear' brush will be operated atgreater speed than the forward brush. The brushes are provided with arms25 26, pivoted, as at 27 28,to brackets or hangers 29 30, depending fromthe lower inner side of the casing 15 and centrally of the same, thebrush-arms being centrally slotted, as at 31 32. Pivoted intermediately,as at 33 34, to the hangers 29 are leverarms 35 36, pivoted by one end,respectively, as at 37 38, in the slots 31 32 and With their upper endsslotted, as at 39 40, for engaging crank-pins 41 42 upon face-plates 4344, fast upon counter-shafts 45 46, mounted for rotation, as by bearings47 48, upon the casing. A main drive-shaft 49 is mounted for rotation,as by hangers or standards 50 51, upon the casing 15 and connected totransmit motion to the counter-shaft 46 through a bevelgear 52 on themain shaft and a bevel-pinion 53 on the counter-shaft, while the motionof the main shaft is also communicated to the counter-shaft 45 throughthe medium of a crank member 54 on the main shaft, connected by a rod 55to a crank member 56 on an intermediate counter-shaft 57, secured forrotation upon the casing 15 by a bearing 58, and with a bevel-pinion 59engaging a bevel-gear 60 on the counter-shaft 45. The main shaft 49 isdriven by a chain 61, operating over chainpulleys 62 63, respectively,upon the main shaft and one of the wheels 11, an idler-pulley 64 beingarranged to take up the slack of the chain when the casing 15 isadjusted. By this arrangement it'will be obvious that as the apparatusis drawn over the ground above the plants the latter will be gatheredbetween the receptacles 20 21 and partially compressed to cause the topsof the plants to be correspondingly compressed and subjected to theaction of the rapidly-vibrating brushes,which will effectually knock theinsects from the leaves of the plants into the trays 2O 21,whereby theywill be destroyed.

It will be noted that the relatively large gear 52, operating the pinion53, and the relativelysmall pinion 59, operating therelatively largegear 60, will cause the brushes to operate at different speeds, the rearbrush 24 vibrating much more rapidly than the forward brush 23, so thatas the apparatus is moved forward the comparatively slow-moving forwardbrush will first strike the plants, disturb the insects, and loosen themfrom the leaves, and then the more rapidly moving brush will completethe action by vigorously knocking them into the receptacles 2O 21, wherethey are destroyed. The different movements imparted to the brushes istherefore an important feature of the invention and adds materially tothe value and efficiency of the device.

Any suitable material may be employed in the trays 20 21, either liquidor solid or semiliquid, as may be preferred, in practice sheets ofadhesive or sticky paper having been employed; but the invention is notnecessarily limited to any specific substance or material for thispurpose.

Doors are arranged in the casing 15, through which access is had to thepans or trays 2O 21 for removal of the insects and the renewal of thedestroying material.

The apparatus may be constructed of any suitable material and of anyrequired size. Any required means may be employed for moving theapparatus over the ground, either manually or by horse-power, andattached in any suitable manner. Preferably a horse will be employed andconnected by suitable shafts or thills (not shown) to spaced cars 66,the machine being guided by means of handles at 67.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed is I 1. Anapparatus for removing insects from plants, the same havingplant-agitating members, and means for operating the plant-agitatingmembers simultaneously at different rates of speed.

2. An apparatus for removing insects from plants, the same having aplurality of vibratory plant'engaging members, and means for operatingsaid members simultaneously at different rates of speed.

3. An apparatus for removing insects from plants, the same having aplurality of oscillatory plant-engaging members, and means for actuatingsaid members simultaneously at different rates of speed.

4;. In an insect-destroyer, a casing for move- I ment over the plantsand provided with two or more brushes for vibrating contact with theplants and means for operating said brushes at different speeds.

5. In an insect-destroyer, spaced receptacles for insect-destroyingmaterial movable beneath the plants, and two or more brushes forvibrating contact with the plants and movable at different speeds fromabove the same.

6. In an insect destroyer, a supporting member for movement over theplants, two or more brushes connected for vibrating from said supportingmember and disposed in longitudinal alinement with the same, and meansfor operating said brushes at different speeds in contact with theplants.

7. In an insect-destroyer, a casing for passing over the plants, two ormore brushes disposed in longitudinal alinement within said casing, and'means for vibrating said brushes in contact with the plants with therearward brush vibrating at greater speed than the forward brush.

8. An insect-destroyer having a supportingframe and receptacles, aplurality of independent plant-engaging members for successivelyimparting lateral vibration to the plants, and means for actuating saidmembers and imparting movement to the succeeding members at a higherrate of speed than the preceding members.

9. In an insect-destroyer, a supportingframe having carrying-wheels, acasing mounted for vertical adjustment upon said frame, two or morebrushes carried by said casing in longitudinal alinement with the same,and means for vibrating said brushes in contact with the plants fromabove the same, and with the rearward brush operating at greater speedthan the forward brush.

10. In an insect-destroyer, a supporting structure havingcarryingwheels, a driveshaft mounted for rotation upon said supportingstructure, means for communicating the motion of said carrier-wheels tosaid shaft, two or more brushes mounted for vibration from saidsupporting-frame and disposed in longitudinal alinement therewith, meansfor imparting the motion of said shaft to the forward brushes, and meansfor imparting the motion of said shaft to the rearward brush and atincreased speed.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have heretoaffixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

CALVIN L. IUNGERICH. CORNELIUS S. GROVE.

Witnesses:

DAVID CHALLENGER, Geo. A. HOVERTER.

